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Snowball Gets 4 Teens Arrested
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Jen Carlson
Published Mar 10, 2010
Modified Mar 10, 2010
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Four Bronx teens are facing a year behind bars after nailing a cop in the leg with a snowball. Their crime? Weapons possession, attempted assault, menacing and harassment.
Late last month the friends were out in a snowstorm and hit officer Adonis Ramirez, who was not in uniform at the time. According to the teens, Ramirez then pulled a gun, and 19-year-old Christian Perez tells the Daily News, "I thought he was some drug dealer who was going to shoot me in the head and walk away. We only hit him once, and it was by mistake." They nearly got laughed out of Central Booking when they said they were in there for a snowball.
Meanwhile, Ramirez claims he was struck with several snowballs as he was walking to his car; he also says the group was taunting him. They allegedly called him a "bitch" and said "Let's jump him." Somewhere between pulling his gun out and having them arrested, he called 911 for backup.
While the Bronx district attorney doesn't plan to drop charges, the friends are preparing to slap the city with a $10 million suit. Their lawyer says, "You would think that the NYPD would focus on real crimes and not on young men playing in the snow during a nor'easter."
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Jen Carlson is a former WNYC and Gothamist editor.
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